Boycott food chains that deny workers health insurance

For many people who’ve never been able to afford any type of health insurance and tend to get their care services in an emergency room, the prospect of full implementation of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) in 2014 is both a huge relief and a cause for celebration.

But some American workers who need health care the most have little reason to celebrate. These are the employees of companies like Applebee’s, Papa John’s and Denny’s — companies whose leaders have decided they will reduce workers’ hours, or fire them outright, because they don’t want to contribute to health insurance for their workers under Obamacare.

Well, the decisions by these corporate CEOs and franchise fat cats to deny their employees health insurance prompted me to make a decision of my own.

From now on, if you’re a company that won’t do right by the people who work for you, you won’t get another dime’s worth of business from me, my family, or most of the people I’ve talked to about this issue.